Chapter 171 We need to race against time
The video was not long, but the Li couple watched it over and over again three times before returning the tablet to Tan Zhaozhao with a frown.
"This girl is a little strange." Mother Li spoke first, and asked thoughtfully: "But you prepared so many things... Is there any connection between you and her?"
Hearing this, Tan Zhaozhao and Li Shan looked at each other.
I didn't blame them for rashly spending money on so many things, but I asked about the relationship between the two.
It seems that the two elders always chose to believe them first in this ridiculous action.
This makes things simpler.
Tan Zhaozhao sat opposite them and recounted in detail how the neighbor moved next door, discovered something strange, called the police, and all the subsequent speculations.
Finally, she looked at the two elders with furrowed brows and said gently, "Aunt, Uncle, this is the overall situation. We didn't want to make random guesses, but look out the window--"
There is heavy rain outside the window. It has been raining since yesterday afternoon and has not stopped until now. It is even getting heavier.
Tan Zhaozhao's voice rang out slowly amid the sound of rapid and dense rain. "Perhaps the disaster we suspected has already begun, but apart from that girl, no one has the ability to predict the future, so Shanshan and I are also gambling, betting that her appearance is a warning from fate to us."
Tan Zhaozhao and Li Shan have also read many novels about survival in the apocalypse, but to be honest, they do not think that the girl named Song Qianyi is the only protagonist in the apocalypse.
Because the world is too big and individuals are too small, if rebirth can make you the protagonist, then why does the protagonist still need to hide?
Even if she is really the protagonist, Tan Zhaozhao only thinks that Song Qianyi is the protagonist in her own little world.
So after Tan Zhaozhao knew Song Qianyi's space and guessed the crisis behind her behavior, she completely lost interest in this person.
The gears of fate turn silently in everyone's life. Perhaps someone's fate goes off track quietly and ends up at another destination that is completely different from the original ending, but this does not affect the overall situation.
Unless the state apparatus takes action.
Tan Zhaozhao looked out the window at the heavy rain for the second time, listened to the sound of raindrops hitting the houses and buildings, pursed her lips, raised her eyes and gave a gentle smile to the two elders whose faces became increasingly heavy.
"If our guess is wrong, then your life and uncle's life will not be affected too much. We will just think of it as a crazy amount of money spent, and our lives will continue to go on peacefully."
"Whether the result is correct or not will probably be known within today, so please don't be anxious and wait patiently with us."
She always spoke slowly and steadily, and her warm and pleasant voice had the power to soothe people. So even though the Li couple thought it was ridiculous intellectually and their hearts were beating fast with anxiety, when they saw that the two children were relatively calm, they slowly calmed down too.
After persuading the two elders to indulge them in their "reckless behavior", Tan Zhaozhao and Li Shan continued to count the existing supplies in the martial arts gym.
Soon, the two of them made a new list of additions.
Corresponding to the list are the disasters that they imagine might happen.
The list was then divided into three parts. One part related to life was given to the two elders, one part related to traveling away from home was given to Li Shan, and the last part, which was more messy and inclusive, was held in Tan Zhaozhao's hands.
"We need to race against time now."
Tan Zhaozhao put his list under the tablet, hugged Xingxing who was also listening attentively, and said to the three people: "Once the police succeed in arresting and learn from Song Qianyi that the doomsday is coming, they will immediately mobilize the country's materials, armed forces and rescue forces. At that time, the whole country will most likely carry out material control and mobilization. If we are not well prepared in advance, if there is any accident, we may be squeezed between the two huge gears of the state machine and the doomsday survival, and lose our lives."
"Assuming our guess is completely correct, the city will soon face its first disaster, perhaps the rainstorm outside the window. Since we know that Song Qianyi chose to rent a house in our community and made all preparations for the end of the world, we can conclude that my community, at least my floor, is relatively safe in the end of the world."
"The martial arts school is easily flooded. Your house is only on the 7th floor, so we must use my house as a starting point and occupy a floor in my building in advance. The best is the 17th floor, and the next best is the 16th floor."
"If there is none in our building, then we can look at the buildings next to us, so that we can barely help each other in the doomsday."
"We must rent a house quickly. I will contact the property management when I get back. In addition, I approve of Song Qianyi's approach to turn her house into a small safe house. At least it will prevent those with ulterior motives from breaking in easily, and it will also give us enough buffer time to react and fight back."
As he spoke, Tan Zhaozhao pinched the tip of Xingxing's ear to ease the anxiety that was gradually rising in his heart, and then said to the two elders who had been nodding their heads just now: "Uncle and aunt, if you have other relatives or relatives in your family, you can also make preparations in advance. I estimate that the official side will get the news tonight at the latest, and everyone will get the news soon, but they will definitely not know the specific doomsday safety point, so if you want to be one step ahead, you need to hurry up."
Tan Zhaozhao stood up holding the cat, packed up his things, put the list in his pocket, and hurriedly left the martial arts gym.
Although I really want my best friend and her family to live downstairs from me so that we can face the doomsday crisis together, it is always better to rely on yourself than on others.
They are Li Shan's parents, not his own relatives. Tan Zhaozhao now needs to make full preparations for his own small family.
Sitting in the car, she clicked on the contact information of the purchasing team leader from yesterday.
After sending all the items on the list, Tan Zhaozhao added some more.
For example, cat food, cat cans, cat litter, and various types of bacon, smoked meat, smoked fish, etc. that are pickled and dried and can be preserved for a long time.
In addition, she contacted the construction team that had done the renovation for her house and made an appointment with them to come to her house to install protective windows and doors the next day. Finally, she took a taxi to the mall and purchased a large number of rice, flour, vegetables, fruits and mineral water that could be stored for a long time.
These are to be kept at home and are different from the supplies purchased yesterday that are temporarily stored in the martial arts gym.
The batch from yesterday was for long-term survival, and it is very likely to disappear due to various accidents, such as encountering Song Qianyi's space, or being robbed or stolen, or even Li Shan's family forcibly occupying it and being unwilling to share it with her.
Tan Zhaozhao trusts Li Shan, but she doesn't trust Li Shan's family, even though they have always gotten along well and they are good people.
But the first truth that all doomsday novels warn readers is not to test and trust human nature easily.
So, food, daily necessities, home furnishings, medicines, defense tools, wind and solar hybrid generators, down jackets and duvets, toilet paper and sanitary napkins, water filters and gas masks, garbage disposals...
Tan Zhaozhao purchased all of them again.
She even bought herself two small electric saws.
Finally, she sat in the restaurant, ordered a bowl of mutton rice noodles, plugged in the power and connected to the Internet, and used her mobile phone and tablet to download various science videos related to planting and survival at the same time.
Qiuqiu squatted on the human's shoulder and watched the whole process in amazement.
So comprehensive.
It’s so comprehensive!
Tan Zhaozhao doesn't seem to stand out or be the best, but she really thinks and prepares thoroughly at critical moments.
If the protagonist Song Qianyi's rhythm of rebirth is to stock up on goods for free purchases and slap the faces of the scumbags, then Tan Zhaozhao reported it to the authorities as soon as he had the guess, and did not leave any time to rest during the waiting process, thinking about everything he could think of and use.
The protagonist is a prophet, standing at the end and taking the safest shortcut again.
Tan Zhaozhao is a gambler. Before placing a bet, he anticipates all the worst possibilities and then takes each step decisively and boldly.
For her to take the first step, she still needed Li Shan to push her from behind.
But every step she took thereafter was rational and decisive.
Beneath her silent and warm appearance, she hides a rational yet crazy gambler.
"Your mutton meal is ready, enjoy it slowly."
"Thanks."
Tan Zhaozhao opened the disposable chopsticks and ate noodles in the mist of hot air while lowering his eyes to wonder if he had missed anything.
By the time she finished a bowl of noodles, there was another map of the province on her phone, with several detailed lines drawn on it.
That was the fastest evacuation route from her home to other provinces.
Tan Zhaozhao can drive and has a driver's license, but she has been a stay-at-home mom in the past few years and would hardly use a car even if she bought one, so she simply didn't buy one.
Now that the end of the world is approaching, Tan Zhaozhao is not in a hurry to rent a car, but instead orders kayaks and bicycles.
After two days of large spending and miscellaneous expenses, she had less than three thousand left.
Tan Zhaozhao was not panicked, because she would never regret any of her seemingly impulsive decisions in the past two days, even if the doomsday did not come in the end.
After finally finding the navigation and buying some vegetable seeds, Tan Zhaozhao finally returned home carrying Xingxing, who had been bumpy in the cat bag for a whole day.
Halfway through the journey, she received a notification on her mobile phone from the police that the danger was all-clear.
Tan Zhaozhao secretly turned off his phone and listened to the driver irritably complaining about when the damn rainstorm would stop. His pair of brown-black eyes quietly stared at the winding water marks that kept sliding down the car window.
Maybe the rain will never stop?
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Chaoyang Community.
After secretly evacuating the residents of the entire building using various means, the police patiently had one group of people wait in ambush while another group followed and monitored the suspect Song Qianyi's movements when he went out.
So they saw the heavy door that was electrified, and also saw the farce of the fight between Song Qianyi and her aunt's family. They saw Song Qianyi beating up several people by herself with ease, and watched the Song family members flee in embarrassment after making harsh remarks.
But the most crucial thing was that they saw Song Qianyi hiding in an alley where she thought there was no one, holding more than a dozen steaming takeouts, and in less than three seconds she walked out empty-handed.
“…”
Someone gasped softly in the headset.
Someone cursed the national quintessence inwardly.
Finally, there was a heavy silence.
Finally, when Song Qianyi walked briskly into the elevator, all the police officers heard their superiors' cold and calm orders:
"Lock on the target person and prepare to arrest him."
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